Wanlockhead, at Museum

Wanlockhead, at Museum is a bus stop in Dumfries and Galloway, South West, Scotland. Wanlockhead, at Museum is situated near Wanlockhead, War Memorial, as well as near Miners Library.

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights: Miners Library and Wanlockhead Inn.

Miners Library

Library

Photo: Donald MacDonald, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Wanlockhead Inn

Pub

Photo: Colin Pyle, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Wanlockhead Inn is a pub, which is situated 620 feet west of Wanlockhead, at Museum.

Leadhills railway station

Railway station

Photo: AHEMSLTD, CC BY 2.5.

Leadhills railway station was opened on 1 October 1901 as the intermediate stop on the Leadhills and Wanlockhead Light Railway and served the lead mining area, farms and the village of Leadhills circa 5.5 miles WSW of Elvanfoot railway station in South Lanarkshire until 2 January 1939 for passengers and freight. Leadhills railway station is situated 1¼ miles northeast of Wanlockhead, at Museum.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Wanlockhead and Leadhills.

Wanlockhead

Village

Photo: Clydiee, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Wanlockhead is a village in Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland, nestling in the Lowther Hills and 1 mile south of Leadhills at the head of the Mennock Pass, which forms part of the Southern Uplands.

Leadhills

Village

Photo: Alan O’Dowd, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Leadhills, originally settled for the accommodation of miners, is a village in South Lanarkshire, Scotland, 5+3⁄4 miles WSW of Elvanfoot. The population in 1901 was 835.

Elvanfoot

Village

Photo: Darrin Antrobus, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Elvanfoot is a small village in South Lanarkshire, Scotland. Elvanfoot is located at the confluence of the River Clyde and Elvan Water. The Clyde is crossed by a pedestrian suspension bridge that has been closed since 2007 for want of repair. Elvanfoot is situated 5 miles northeast of Wanlockhead, at Museum.

Wanlockhead, at Museum

Type: Bus stop
Category: transport
Location: Dumfries and Galloway, South West, Scotland, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude

55.39812° or 55° 23′ 53″ north

Longitude

-3.77852° or 3° 46′ 43″ west

Network

South West of Scotland Regional Transport Partnership

Open location code

9C7R96XC+6H

OpenStreetMap ID

node 487194746

OpenStreetMap feature

highway=bus_stop

OpenStreetMap feature

public_transport=platform

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Notable Places Nearby

Highlights: Wanlockhead, War Memorial and Beggar’s Brae.

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Places to explore: Dalziell Cottage and Lotus Lodge.

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